Social History
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Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069
$21.99 Add to cartThe seminal work on generations from acclaimed authors William Strauss and Neil Howe of The Fourth Turning, and Howe’s The Fourth Turning Is Here. The Strauss-Howe generational theory explains how gen
- Author: Howe, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 30 1992
- ISBN10: 0688119123
- Language: English
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AA-1025: Memoirs of the Communist Infiltration Into the Church
$16.95 Read moreAbsorbing and compelling reading from beginning to end, AA -1025 Memoirs of the Communist Infiltration Into the Church is a must read for every Catholic today and for all who would understand just wha… [more below]
- Author: Carre, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: May 01 1972
- ISBN10: 0895554496
- Language: English
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Sauna: The Power of Deep Heat
$29.95 Add to cartIn many countries, the sauna is sacred. Nothing beats the camaraderie of congregating in the steam and plunging in an ice bath when it gets too hot to handle.
There is a new wave of sauna culture spre
- Author: O’Kelly, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1801292426
- Language: English
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African American History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartWhat does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. If being “American” means living in a land of freed… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Holloway, Jonathan Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190915153
- Language: English
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The Murders That Made Us: How Vigilantes, Hoodlums, Mob Bosses, Serial Killers, and Cult Leaders Built the San Francisco Bay Area
$19.95 Add to cartThe 170-year history of the San Francisco Bay Area told through its crimes and how they intertwine with the city’s art, music, and politics In The Murders That Made Us, the story of the San Francisco … [more below]
- Author: Calhoun, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1770415491
- Language: English
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
$32.99 Add to cartThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
Some Americans insist that we’re living in a post-racial society. But racist- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 12 2016
- ISBN10: 1568584636
- Language: English
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The Little Book of Floriography: The Secret Language of Flowers
$8.95 Add to cartRevealing a world of secret messages contained within a single petal.
Floriography – the language of flowers – is the ancient art of encoding hidden messages in the type, color and arrangement of plant
- Series: Little Books of Nature & the Great Outdoors #10
- Author: Orange Hippo!
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 180069539X
- Language: English
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Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
$32.50 Read moreFrom the cubit to the kilogram, the humble inch to the speed of light, measurement is a powerful tool that humans invented to make sense of the world. In this revelatory work of science and social his
- Author: Vincent, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1324035854
- Language: English
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Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation’s Cultural Heritage
$40.00 Add to cartTreasures of Ukraine chronicles the arts and heritage of Ukraine at a time when the country’s people, culture, landmarks, and artworks are facing destruction and devastation. Created in partnership w
- Author: Kurkov, Andrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0500026033
- Language: English
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cartThe 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency
“[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.” —The Washington Post
“F- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143116177
- Language: English
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Music: A Subversive History
$22.99 Add to cart“A dauntingly ambitious, obsessively researched” (Los Angeles Times) global history of music that reveals how songs have shifted societies and sparked revolutions.
Histories of music overwhelmingly su- Author: Gioia, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1541644379
- Language: English
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A People’s History of the United States
$27.99 Add to cartTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A wonderful, splendid book–a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for
- Series: Harper Perennial Deluxe Editions
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 0061965596
- Language: English
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Darwin’s Origin of Species
$16.00 Add to cartCharles Darwin’s foremost biographer, Janet Browne, delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human. A sensation on its pu… [more below]
- Series: Books That Changed the World
- Author: Browne, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 18 2008
- ISBN10: 0802143466
- Language: English
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The Time Traveler’s Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830
$19.95 Add to cartA vivid and immersive history of Georgian England that gives its reader a firsthand experience of life as it was truly lived during the era of Jane Austen, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and the Duke of Wellin… [more below]
- Author: Mortimer, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 163936384X
- Language: English
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Gullah Days: Hilton Head Islanders Before the Bridge 1861-1956
$29.95 Add to cartThe Gullah culture, though borne of isolation and slavery, thrived on the US East Coast sea islands from pre-Civil War times until today, and nowhere more prominently than on Hilton Head Island, SC. O… [more below]
- Author: Barnwell, Thomas C., Jr.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1949467074
- Language: English
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New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
$20.99 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book
A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City’s transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city’s future. Dangerous, filthy, and fallin- Author: Dyja, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1982149795
- Language: English
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A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History
$16.99 Add to cartA slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in
- Author: Ash, Stephen V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 289
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0060582480
- Language: English
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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
$27.95 Add to cartA sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics
Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global hist- Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World
- Author: Harper, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0691230595
- Language: English
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Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture
$19.95 Add to cartAn engaging and scholastic presentation of zines and modern culture
Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th cent- Series: Scene History
- Author: Duncombe, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1621064840
- Language: English
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
$19.95 Add to cartFrom our earliest ancestors to babies born today, fabric is a necessary part of our everyday lives, but it’s also an opportunity for creativity, symbolism, culture and connection. Traveling across the… [more below]
- Author: Finlay, Victoria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1639363904
- Language: English
